NY Times: How the Protesters Mobilized:
This is mass mobilization, but also nimble mobilization. Protesting a war that hasn’t begun requires a constant eye on the calendar of government action. And the movement’s flexibility maximizes its impact, organizers say. A protest date can easily be moved, timed to affect the latest diplomatic maneuver.
“We are trying to stay a step ahead of the administration by our planning,” said Damu Smith, chairman of Black Voices for Peace, one of hundreds of groups involved in last week’s demonstrations. And staying ahead of the game “is absolutely strategically central in our ability to be effective in what we are doing.”
Military theorists are fond of saying that future warfare will revolve around social and communication networks. Antiwar groups have found that this is true for their work as well.